The 2010 Aegon International was a combined men's and women's
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
grass court
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Although grass c ...
s. It was the 36th edition of the event for the women and the 2nd edition for the men. It was classified as a
WTA Premier tournament on the
2010 WTA Tour
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and as an
ATP World Tour 250 series on the
2010 ATP World Tour
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. The event took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in
Eastbourne
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, United Kingdom from 13 June until 19 June 2010.
ATP entrants
Seeds
* Seedings are based on the rankings as of June 7, 2010.
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Jamie Baker
*
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour.
...
*
James Ward James Ward may refer to:
Military
*James Ward (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1833–?), American Civil War sailor
* James Ward (Medal of Honor, 1890) (1854–1901), American Indian Wars soldier
*James Allen Ward (1919–1941), New Zealand pilot and Vi ...
The following qualified for the main draw:
*
Martin Emmrich
Martin Emmrich (born 17 December 1984) is a German retired professional tennis player who specialized in doubles, participating primarily in the ATP World Tour. On 12 October 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 604 whilst his h ...
*
Andrey Kuznetsov
*
Giovanni Lapentti
Giovanni Lapentti Gómez (; born 25 January 1983) is retired Ecuadorian tennis player. His brother is Nicolás Lapentti, another professional tennis player, while a third brother, Leonardo, has also been active at the lower levels of professiona ...
*
Kei Nishikori
WTA entrants
Seeds
* Seedings are based on the rankings as of June 7, 2010.
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Elena Baltacha
*
Anne Keothavong
*
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...
The following players qualified for the main draw:
*
Ekaterina Makarova
*
Karolina Šprem
Karolina Šprem Baghdatis (born 25 October 1984) is a retired professional tennis player from Croatia. She won eleven titles (ten singles) all at the ITF level. Her highest ranking is world No. 17, achieved in October 2004.
Personal life
Kar ...
*
Heather Watson
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*
Aleksandra Wozniak
Finals
Men's singles
Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra (; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was a successful doubles player with three Grand Slam championships and an Olympic silver medal, and has also had success in singles, winning five career titl ...
defeated
Guillermo García-López, 7–5, 6–2
*It was Llodra's 2nd title of the year and 5th of his career.
Women's singles
Ekaterina Makarova defeated
Victoria Azarenka 7–6
(7–5), 6–4
*It was Makarova's first career title.
Men's doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg /
Marcin Matkowski defeated
Colin Fleming /
Ken Skupski 6–3, 5–7,
0–8
Women's doubles
Lisa Raymond /
Rennae Stubbs
Rennae Stubbs (born 26 March 1971) is an Australian tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional player. She is the host of The Power Hour on Amazon Prime Video Sports Talk. She worked at the Seven Network between 2011 and 201 ...
defeated
Květa Peschke
Květoslava Peschke (née Hrdličková; born 9 July 1975) is a Czech retired professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 26 in November 2005, winning one WTA singles title ...
/
Katarina Srebotnik, 6–2, 2–6,
3–11
References
External links
Official website
{{2010 ATP World Tour
Aegon International
The Eastbourne International is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour and the ATP Tour held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Held since 1974, it is classified as a WTA 500 series on the WTA Tour and an ATP Tour ...
Aegon International
The Eastbourne International is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour and the ATP Tour held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Held since 1974, it is classified as a WTA 500 series on the WTA Tour and an ATP Tour ...
Eastbourne International
Aegon International
The Eastbourne International is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour and the ATP Tour held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Held since 1974, it is classified as a WTA 500 series on the WTA Tour and an ATP Tour ...
June 2010 sports events in the United Kingdom